Return to St. Bernard 2 mi.
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Is the Return to St. Bernard run this Sunday July 2nd?

Thanks Rock,
  we missed y'all at the race. maybe next time.....

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> Photos compliments of Catch 22 Track Club.
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> http://atl.smugmug.com/gallery/1525561/1/73339508
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Photos compliments of Catch 22 Track Club.

http://atl.smugmug.com/gallery/1525561/1/73339508

The Return to St Bernard "FREE" 2 mile race/walk will be held on
Sunday, 5/7/06 at 8AM.  It will start behind the St Bernard Goverment
Complex on Dr Meraux Blvd.
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Try to come out and see your old friends.

Woolmarket Biathlon Series

#1 April 23    5K run/11mi bike
#2 May 21     2mi run/11mi bike/2mi run
#3 June 25     1mi run/11mi bike/3mi run

Go to http://www.gulfcoastrunningclub.org/
For more info and flyers.

Yes, it's Apr. 2 on the "old(?)" course, that is the one that starts
on the road to Reggio, not the one that runs over the bridge several
times. Don't forget to set your clock up and maybe bring repellent for
the knats and skeeters.....

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> Any updates on the Pelicanman? Is it still scheduled for April 2nd,
> has the course been decided?
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Any updates on the Pelicanman? Is it still scheduled for April 2nd,
has the course been decided?

On Dr. Meraux Dr., the same place as our crawfish boil and other races
by the govt. complex. It's Sun. Feb.12 at 8:15 a.m. (this coming
Sunday).

Brendan Minihan of New Orleans was all smiles at the end of the Mardi
Gras Marathon. He finished first with a time of 2:36:44,
CONGRATULATIONS!

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City Is Up And Running New Orleans Turns to Annual Marathon to Help
Lift Spirits
     By Jim Hage
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, January 1, 2006

   The New Orleans Saints left the day before Hurricane Katrina hit and
played their final home game of the season in San Antonio on Dec. 24
without ever having returned. The basketball Hornets were displaced
725 miles away to Oklahoma City. Local colleges, decimated by the
floodwaters, juggled their athletic schedules.
   It has fallen to the marathon, a sport of decidedly more narrow
appeal, to provide New Orleanians something to collectively cheer
about. On Feb. 5, the 41st Mardi Gras Marathon will become the first
major athletic event in the city since the storm.
   The race promises to be an eye-opener for out-of-town runners,
particularly when they pass through abandoned neighborhoods. Much of
the 26-mile 385-yard course was under water in the storm's aftermath,
and devastation previously witnessed only on television will form a
mile-by-mile backdrop for the expected field of 2,000 runners. The
field will be smaller than the 3,500 runners who participated in the
marathon, half marathon and 5K races last year.
   "They're going to see some sights," race director Bill Burke said.
"Everything between Mile 3 and through 12 1/2 was under between four
feet and 10 feet of water. They'll see X's on houses marked for
demolition, and a zero, one or two for houses in which they found dead
bodies. This will be a virtual running tour of the devastation caused
by Hurricane Katrina."
   Before holding the race was even considered possible, Burke insisted
that the marathon adhere to the old route in order to preserve its
character as closely as possible. To that end, he has been successful:
Runners will visit the mostly non-flooded areas in the French Quarter
before heading north along oak-lined Esplanade Avenue and toward City
Park, areas where floodwaters rose to seven feet, before returning
through the city center and the Garden District along Prytania Street.
   "There's still plenty of debris piles, even though the Army Corps of
Engineers has been doing a good job of picking things up several times
a week," said Sgt. Joe Valiente, who coordinates events for the New
Orleans Police Department. "And there will still be a few abandoned
boats along the course. But it's getting better every day."
   In the past, the race finished inside the Louisiana Superdome, which
remains a symbol of the chaos wrought by the storm and the ineptitude
of ensuing relief efforts. "But of course that won't be happening this
year," Valiente said. The Superdome, which housed evacuees immediately
after the hurricane, has been closed and faces significant repairs.
   Burke's Jefferson Parish home, one mile from the breached 17th
Street canal, suffered extensive damage. Burke, who relocated to
Houston but has since returned, felt fortunate last week to have his
roof replaced. But personal problems are the least of Burke's concerns
in organizing this special edition of one of the country's oldest
marathons.
   While runners will pay up to $100 each to register, sponsors remain
the lifeblood of major marathons and pay tens of thousands of dollars
in exchange for advertising and goodwill. Last year's title sponsor,
Nokia, left with the Sugar Bowl when it relocated from the Superdome.
The game will be played in the Georgia Dome in Atlanta tomorrow.
   Burke was left with a hole in his $400,000 budget.
   "I don't blame them. They're tied to their event and that event
left," Burke said. "But there are still lots of companies -- Shell,
Lowes, Home Depot -- who are making money down here, who could step in
and help us out. This race comes right before Mardi Gras and the Jazz
Festival. This race is important to the city."
   With five weeks to go, the event is still looking for a major
sponsor. Burke said the marathon is paying bills out of its reserves
with net proceeds earmarked for Mayor Ray Nagin's Bring Back New
Orleans relief fund; the marathon was among the first contributors,
making a $10,000 donation.
   But just as the mayor discovered while trying to woo back dislocated
residents, Burke has found it difficult to bring runners to New
Orleans for a weekend of fitness and celebration. Along with nearly
everything else in the city, the base of club runners in the very
active running city has been seriously eroded.
   The venerable New Orleans Track Club, which hosts the 99th Jackson
Day Run on Jan. 15, had 2,200 members last summer. Since the
hurricane, 35 percent to 40 percent have relocated, according to Chuck
George, the club's executive director.
   "We've had two major local road races since the storm," George said.
"I was astounded at the resolve from our members that drove in from as
far away as Houston. . . . Participation gets runners back to some
sense of normalcy."
   Notwithstanding, participation in local races has been off 25 to 30
percent, a decline similar to that projected for the marathon. George,
who describes himself as a full-time event director, said that
"market-wise, that's something I've got to plan for and try to make
ends meet with additional sponsorship, cutting expenses, etc., to stay
in business. Bottom line, I'll hang on until summer and then review
and see what direction to take."
   George was stung recently when the AIDS Marathon team, with hundreds
of charity runners, pulled out of the marathon when the group's host
hotel canceled its room reservations in September. "We could have
helped them find other equal hotels to accommodate them," George said.
"But they just found another marathon in Miami. That's not a good
feeling, with what we're trying to do down here."
   Despite the depopulation of more than two-thirds of the city's
residents, signs of life are evident. The marathon is hosting a
two-day expo at the InterContinental Hotel -- last year's expo was at
the Superdome -- and the city's Convention Center is scheduled to
reopen Feb. 1. But for the time being, New Orleans remains a suspect
destination for runners as well as more traditional visitors.
   "This city runs on tourists, and this marathon could set a tone,"
Burke said. "People ask me if it's safe down here for running -- of
course, it's safe. I don't need a dome to run this race. I just need
some roads."

Hi Donna!
On Dr. Meraux Dr., the same place as our crawfish boil and other races
by the govt. complex. It's Jan.8 at 8:15 a.m. (this coming Sunday).
Hopefully it'll be cooler than this morning!

--- In ChalmetteTrackClub@yahoogroups.com, "bordelondg"
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> Can someone tell me where its gonna be held?
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> Happy New Years to everyone!
> Donna
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Can someone tell me where its gonna be held?

Happy New Years to everyone!
Donna

Results and a group photo from the CTC Annual Run are posted on the
NOTC web site at:
http://www.runnotc.org/ctc/results_051218.html
Thanks to Chuck George and Bob Lasseigne.

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> I uploaded the results from Sunday's CTC Annual Race to "Files".
> Also a group picture was uploaded to "Photos".
>

I uploaded the results from Sunday's CTC Annual Race to "Files".
Also a group picture was uploaded to "Photos".

They have 24 x 7 Free Tech Support but don't publish the number
anywhere online! The only way to get it is to call during business
hours and get it from them. *&^%$#@!

NOTC has generously donated canopy tents to CTC.
Janel

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that's all I know so far. If more info is needed Get in touch with
Jennifer Gioia or Phil Gioia.

Janel,  I live in Tall Timbers, which is about 2 miles
from the Ferry, and about 3 miles from the Cresent
City Bridge.  Tall Timbers is off Gen Degualle.

Michael Burt, my cell is 237-4309. give me a call.

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We would like to do something for Xmas but there is no
suitable place in St Bernard. It would probably be
small since people are scattered. Where on the
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Hi Rock,
We sure do, it's the 2nd of the GP series that'll be taking place in
St.Bernard for the next year. It's a 2 miler that starts at 8 a.m. on
Dr.Meraux Dr. alongside Sid Torres Park (west side next to Super Wal-
Mart). I hope to see you there, we had 113(?) for the first one. I
haven't heard anything about a Xmas party yet but we can ask at the
race Sunday.

--- In ChalmetteTrackClub@yahoogroups.com, "rockhollywood2"
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> Is there an event happening this Sunday???
>
> Also, do we have a status on the Christmas Party???
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> we could always use my house on the west bank
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Is there an event happening this Sunday???

Also, do we have a status on the Christmas Party???

we could always use my house on the west bank

'Twas the Cajun Night Before Katrina

   'Twas de night before Katrina, when all tru da state

No' a gas pump was pumpin', No' a store open late

All da plywood was hung, on de windows wit care,

Knowing dat a hurricane, Soon would be dere.

   Da chilren were ready wit deir flashlight in hand

While rain from da hurricane covered over our land

And Mom wit her Mag-lite, and me wit my cap

Has jus filled da battub for flushing our crap.

   When out on de lawn, dere arose such a clatter

I sprang from da closet to see what was de matter

Dem trees on da terrace, and de neighbor's roof torn,

We feared we'd be dyin' in dis terrible storm.

   Wit a little wind gust, so lively and quick,

I remember quite clearly our walls was not brick

More rapid than eagles, her courses they changed!
   And she shifted and whistled and surged all the same.


   Off shingles! Off sidings! Off rooftops! Off power!
   Down trees! Down fences! Down trailers! Down towers!
   On da street of Nawlins, she continued to maul,

Screaming, "Blow away! Blow away! Blow away all!"

   As da wind rip and toss da debris tru de sky,

I peeked out de shutters at the cars floatin' by.
So go to de attic my family did do,
   With a potable radio and some battries too.

   And den in a twinklin', I heard on da set,

The end was not coming for a few hours yet!
   As I calm down da kids and was turnin' around,

Tru de window it came wit a huge crashing sound.

   A bundle o' twigs now lay in a stack
   And me livin' room looked like it was under attack.

   Da tree branches floated in scum-covered muck,

And in tru de window done floated a duck!

As da water it rised to de top of de slats,

We thought dis de end like dem drowned river rats.

   De wind how it howled, de storm very scary,

Myself and my family were all too unwary.

   Den da winds dey died down and de water receded,

I noticed my house a roof it now needed.

So I grabbed my last tarp, and nailed it on down,

Den I got in me boat and drove into town.




Da traffic was awful and stores had no ice,

My 5-gallon cooler would have to suffice.

Generators was scarce, not one left in de town,

Dere was trees on de roads and power lines down.

   FEMA was ready wit people to work,
   Electrical peoples came in from New York.
   I sprang to da bus, and gave my family a whistle,

Den away we all went like a Tomahawk missile!

   You could hear us exclaim as we drove out of sight,

"The heck wit dis place, Texas seem just right!"

Buster and CTC,

We had 24 runners from Catch 22 run in the NYC Marathon representing the
City of New Orleans.  Of those runners, Heidi Melia and myself are members
of the CTC.  We ran as a group rather than individuals w/ "New Orleans -
Proud to Call it Home" on our singlets.

Most of the group finished together in a time of around 3:53 with a few
others coming in a little later.  This was one of the most incredible races
that most of us have ever run.  We worked the crowd the entire time by
jumping and waving our arms up in the air.  It felt like a 26.2 mile Mardi
Gras parade.  We were greated by chants of "we love new orleans" the entire
way.

Since the New York Road Runners Club gave us special late admission into the
race, they filled up our schedule w/ lots of media events.  Our group had
its own press conference on Thursday at Tavern on the Green.  After that we
made appearance on the CBS Early Morning Show, the Today Show, and had a
feature about us shown on the 5 hour NBC race coverage that was shown in the
NY area.  We also had some coverage on CNN.  See the links below.

Here are some direct links to the two CNN videos...

http://www.cnn.com/video/sports/2005/11/06/jr.katrina.runners.cnn/content.exclud\
e.html

http://www.cnn.com/video/sports/2005/11/07/obrien.katrina.marathoners.cnn/conten\
t.exclude.html

Take care,
Daniel Simpson


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Subject: [ChalmetteTrackClub] Did anyone else see the Catch 22 group at the
NY Marathon on Ch.6 today?
Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2005 01:17:04 -0000

I think they had around 30 runners that mostly finished together
with "Proud to call New Orleans home" on their shirts. The clock had
3:55 on it as they crossed the line. Lilly and Wingate were interviewed
on the piece I saw and said they were doing their part to bring N.O.
back.

I think they had around 30 runners that mostly finished together
with "Proud to call New Orleans home" on their shirts. The clock had
3:55 on it as they crossed the line. Lilly and Wingate were interviewed
on the piece I saw and said they were doing their part to bring N.O.
back.

Good turnout for first of series, announced at 130 or so runners.
>
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> Date: 2005/11/07 Mon AM 08:12:01 EST
> To: ChalmetteTrackClub@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [ChalmetteTrackClub] 2 mile races in Chalmette
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